Display container



July 30, 1929. J. B. FRANKE DISPLAY coN'rAmEn Filed Aug. 25, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 1 July 30, 1929.

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JOHN B. FBANKE, 013 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PERFECTION BISCUITCOIVIP ANY, 0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, A CORPGRATION OF INDIANA.

DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application filed August 25, 1925. Serial No. 52,265.

This invention relates in general to shipping cartons, and moreparticularly to that type of shipping carton adapted for use 1ntransporting cakes, crackers and the like, and has for an object, theprovision of such a device that may be readily inserted into a displaycontainer to display and to identify the contents thereof.

A further object is to provide such a device, the dimensions of whichmay be reduced from time to time as layer after layer of the contentsthereof has been disposed'of to bring the remaining contents up to thetop, or opening of the display container, and into full view ofprospective customers. This is an advantage in that the contents of somecontainers may be of higher values, or, for other reasons, unlessproperly displayed, would not be disposed of as readily as the contentsof other cartons and, therefore, a display rack may contain many displaycontainers that from all appearances may be empty, as the goods may betoo far from the transparent cover to be observed.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following description, which, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a prefepred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 indicates a device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a cracker caddy embodying my invention;and

Fig. 4 is a view showing the cracker caddy in position in a displaycontainer.

On the drawings reference character 11 indicates a vertical frame memberto which may be secured a plurality of display containers 12 havinghinged covers 13, all of which may be of any suitable form orconstruction. The hinged covers 13 are preferably connected to thecontainer 12 by a hinge pin 14; extending thereacross and engagingsuitable guides 15 or the like, and are provided with a transparent orglass front 16. Strips 17 are secured at their opposite ends to twowalls of the container and spaced a short distance from another wallthereof as at- 18 for supporting a caddy or container 19. The caddy orcontainer 19 is preferably of fibre and may be rectangular, square, orthe like, in

cross section and of any suitable height hav ing a plurality of verticalwalls 21, 22, 2 3 and 24, each of these walls having an extension at oneend adapted to be bent laterally inward in overlapping relation to forma bottom for the carton, the walls 21 and 23 having at their oppositeend a portion 25 adapted to be bent laterally inward and of sufficientlength to extend under the transparent front 16 a sufficient distance todisplay characters indicating the identity and cost of the contents ofthe carton, and the walls 22 and 2 1 having a portion 26 of suflicientlength and adapted to be bent outwardly and downwardly to adjacent theouter surface of the walls to provide a hook for engaging the strip 17to support the carton in a display container. Intermediate the ends ofthe walls 21, 22, 23and 2 1, one or more groups of lines or demarkationsare printed on the outer surface of the carton indicating lines ofseverance 27 and lines of bend 28 to facilitate removing one or moreportions from the top of the container to reduce the length of the walls21, 22, 23 and 24.

In operation, crackers or the like are packed in the carton, layer uponlayer, from the bottom surface upward and any carton may contain aconsiderable number of layers.

The groups of lines of severance 27 and lines of bend 28 may be printedon the walls of the carton at the line of division of one or morelayers, so that as the layers are removed from the carton, it ispossible to cut away the top portion or portions of the carton to bringthe contents thereof up to adjacent the glass and into full view of acustomer as the features atthe top of the carton cut away are replacedby severing and bending along the lines indicated and the carton may bereinserted in the display container.

It is thought that the invention and many of, its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrange- IOU ment of the parts without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages,the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodimentthereof.

I claim:

1. A fibre carton, having its Walls provided with integral projectionsdisposed at the mouth ofthe carton,the side walls of said carton havingdemarkations for indicating'lines of severance, whereby said carton maybe diminished in size, said lines of severance being constructed, andarranged to produce similarly formed projections at the mouth of thecarton when diminished in size by severance.

2. A fibre carton, the walls of which are provided with integral,bendable flaps at the mouth of the carton, which flanges are ada ted forengagement ina display container or supporting the carton, the walls ofsaid carton being provided with indicating lines of severance, wherebywhen the carton is cut on such lines of severance its size will bediminished, said lines of severance being constructed and arranged toproduce similar formed bendable supporting flapsuponthe severance of thecarton along such lines.

3. A'eracke'r caddy, comprising, a fibre carton having flanges adaptedto be folded back to adjacent an outer surface of the carton and adaptedfor engagement in a display con tainer for supporting the carton,flanges adapted to extend laterally inward to display characters printedthereon to identify the contents of said container, and means indicatinglines of severance for reducing the size of said'carton and to produce asimilar-carton.

4. A shipping carton, comprising a substantially rectangularfibrecontai'ner, having two opposed walls at the mouth thereof providedwith outwardly bendable integral flaps adapted to engage supportingmembers for holding the carton in display position, the two oppositewalls of said carton having at their mouths integral, inwardly bendableflaps provided with display indicia adapted to be viewed through thetransparent cover of a supporting casing when the carton is held indisplay position, thepairs of opposed'walls of said cartonbeing providedwith severance lines suitably formed so that when the walls of saidcarton are cut along said lines the height of the carton will becorrespondingly diminished 'to form at the mouth thereof, pairs ofbendable flaps, two to support the diminished container, and two adaptedto contain suitable display indicia.

5. In a display device, the combination of an outer sheet metal casinghaving supportingstrips on 1ts lnner side walland spaced intermedlatethelr ends from said wall, a

JOHN B. FRANKIE,

